Buying a plant or tree that propagates easily in water is truly the gift that keeps on giving. All you need to do is buy the plant once, and then you're free to create nearly endless copies of it.

Nutrient deficiencies are among the many reasons your flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) may not be thriving. Of the 17 nutrients your trees need, six are considered macronutrients because of the ...

Looking for versatile, native shrubs? Look no further than willows (Salix spp.) and dogwood (Cornus spp.). Both species are exceptional landscape plants. They have strong roots that can help secure ...

Here in the South, there is one tree deserving of all the springtime adulation it gets—the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Maybe it's because they're native and grow wild in our woods. But more ...

Up above an orange patch of wild monkey flower, a purple finch sings its warbling song up in the ‘Mountain Moon’ dogwood tree. As the fullness of May comes to an end, the dogwoods bloom. Dogwood trees ...

“May is the month of expectation, the month of wishes, the month of hope.” – Nitya Rao. Growing tips for shrub dogwoods: The straight species are often used for large areas, where they can form dense ...

Ideally, you’d be reading this in very early spring, when the dogwood bloom is beginning to work its elegant magic in the older neighborhoods fanning out from lower Bidwell Park and downtown Chico.